How are your tomatoes doing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Carol]

What a fantastic crop of Tomatoes  Growmore.  I am sure you must be supplying your neighbours as well.  I especially like the yellow ones, am sure they will be so so sweet.  Good stuff.    ;) ;)

[Carol]

[grawrc]

Hey hey hey!!! One of my tomatoes is orange! ;D ;D ;D ;D so there's a chance it might end up red.

[thifasmom]

Hey hey hey!!! One of my tomatoes is orange! ;D ;D ;D ;D so there's a chance it might end up red.

ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO

[tonybloke]

well mine have been hit by blight there all in the greenhouse

looks like it will be a complete sanitation of the green house this year get rid of any bacteria 

blight does not over-winter in soil in the u.k., only survives in infected potatoes!!
don't water your greenhouse at all any more, you might be surprised at how the tom's can continue growing! ;)

[davyw1]

Today,s pickings so many different flavours.
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[betula]

Great crop :)

[wilko]

picked these on Saturday

look good, but the taste was insipid, well dissapointed

marmande and Tigerella  ???

[debster]

well i still have loads of tomatoes all green even though i have been away for 2 weeks, none of the dreaded B word just yet though sure its imminent! my fence was repaired whilst i was away and a few branches have been damaged and died, at least im hoping thats what it is, a few of my sub arctics have ripened in my absence and came back to a ripe black cherry and one golden surprise? please let them ripen just a day or two of sun is all i ask for  ???

[Jeannine]

All of ours are ripening now so we are in the middle of a glut and feeding the neighbours. We grew quite a few small(as in not high) bush types this year in pots along with the regular mix of varieties, part of the gardening in small places experiment I have done in my minature back garden. Many worth growing again, some not.

The outside ones are not much behind the greenhouse ones which is interesting.

XX Jeannine

[Barnowl]

I've  noticed that several neighbours are getting at least as heavy a crop from their bush plum tomatoes as I am from my cordons. I suppose up at the allotment the lower plants are less exposed.

[Borlotti]

Mine are OK, although a bit small.  I thought you said condoms, sorry, that is so rude!!!!!

[tim]

Thought San Marzano was red - are they red inside?

[baronvon]

I have approx 30 or golf ball size / 0.5 golf ball size toms from a tumbling tom however they are all green

In scotland so its been constant rain for a least 3 weeks !!!

Any tips on how to get them to ripen

Cheers

[Fork]

I have approx 30 or golf ball size / 0.5 golf ball size toms from a tumbling tom however they are all green

In scotland so its been constant rain for a least 3 weeks !!!

Any tips on how to get them to ripen

Cheers

Sulphate of potash

[tim]

But, surely, they are getting that weekly??

[thifasmom]

I have approx 30 or golf ball size / 0.5 golf ball size toms from a tumbling tom however they are all green

In Scotland so its been constant rain for a least 3 weeks !!!

Any tips on how to get them to ripen

Cheers

if they are in a greenhouse try hanging an over ripe banana/ a few banana skins around the plants, my neighbour says it works for him.

[OllieC]

My dad left some that had fallen off in the bottom of a deep  flower pot (the ones used for raspberries) with some runner beans on top, then forgot about them for a few days. When he found them, they were all perfectly ripe.

[Fork]

But, surely, they are getting that weekly??

Possibly so but sulphate of potash used on its own will speed up the ripening process if used correctly as per the instructions on the packet.....if you use too much you will actually stop the fruit from getting any bigger.

[baronvon]

as if by magic, tonight when i got home i found 5/6 starting to turn :)

for info they are outside and get fed tomorite (10ml) once a week









cheers

[tartonterro]

havent got a single tomato this year - nothing - flowers dont seem to be polinating - even when done by hand no idea whats happened  >:( :'(